The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-03-10
A Modest Maiden.

Said Seth Green. the fish cuiturist:
Pennsylvania. below Smith, dam. The
creek below the dam vas about five
rods across. and the bottom covered
with hard heads, from tie size of a
goose egg to barrel The water was
three feet deep and ran like Il mill tail.
About ten rods below it ran into hole
ten feet deep, and whirled around like
the whirlpool of Niagara. There was
no escape there for anybody if he was
unlueky enough to get in, unless he
was very expert swimmer. There
We're saw-hOrses placed across the creek
and planks fastened to them for foot
bridge. l had a twelve pound basket
nearly filled when | saw an eighteen
year-old girl come on the bridge When
she got to me l stepped on one of the
sawhorses to let her pass. | watched
her as she continued and don't think
she had got more than thirty feet from
me before l noticed that her head be-
gan to swim. She gave one of those
peculiar screams such as is natural to
all girls when in danger, tottered for
an instant and fell head foremost down
stream, and being buoyed up some
what by her clothing the swift current
carried her rapidly along toward the
deep hole. To drop my rod and jump
into the water was but the work of
second, and made my way over the
hard heads in three feet of water as
fast Us could. went down twice.
but kept going and overlook her about
fifty or sixty feet from where she went
in, and then began the struggle. /
grabbed her and turned her around,
and the first thing she did was to clutch
me with one hand and push her cloth
ing down with the other. and when she
had got them below the surface we
We're both taken off our feet and went
slipping and floating down. We went
three rods before l gained a footing
The girl must have been very fond of
me, for | never got such a hugging in
my life as she gave me. / had nv
trout basket with the strap hung over
my shoulder. l kept swinging it
around, and it looked at one time verv
much as though we three would go into
the deep hole. Well, | finally got a
htHl iOpt-hoius dull lHth ! ndi Il iDdlH-
full duty to perform. and that was to
stop that girl hugging me and get her
quieted down so that she knew what
she was about. | told her that she must
take hold of her garments, and with
both hands raise them above the top of
the water, or we never could get back
to the bridge against the current l
placed her in front of me, and put nv
arms around her, and we went lock
step back to the bridge. tell YOU, it
was a severe wrestle with the bowl
ders, current and basket of fish, but we
reached there at last, and then contin-
ued the same step to the edge of the
bridge at which she came on. She
wouldn't consent to go ashore unless ]
turned my back. I'm old enough To
be your grandfather, said. Il don't
care says she. and began to CRY.
Dammit says !, swearing for the sec
ond time in my life. And / turned
round and staysl in the water while
she climbed out, arranged her skilts
and ran off. There | stood, with my
long rubber boots filled with water. and
wet from head to foot, my fish half
gone out of my basket, and three miles
between me and the hotel. TurJ,
Field and Farm,